ETA at Pilot Station - Basic Calc

Estimated Time of Arrival at the pilot station given remaining distance and current speed over ground - the basic sailing-plan building block.

ETAVoyagePassage

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Formula, assumptions, and limits

\text{ETA} = \frac{D}{v} + t_{buffer}

Symbol	Meaning	Unit
$D$	Distance to pilot	nm
$v$	SOG averaged	kn

Source: Bowditch Ch. 27

Estimated Time of Arrival at the pilot station given remaining distance and current speed over ground - the basic sailing-plan building block.